let's say i have 1 running suse 10.0 server on the colocation somewhere. Then i have another server which has duplicate hardware specification at my office. Is it possible to clone the running server to the one at my office?
Well, I did something like this two monthes ago with 9.3. But I didn't do it like an exact copy. That was my way: First, install on the new system a "minimal" suse 9.3, get the list of installed rpms on the old system (except kernel stuff), install all from the list on the new one (because the list was sorted a-z I had to turn off dependency checks). Then I just gzip/tar'ed /etc /home /var (I left some things out like log files) downloaded them and untar'ed it on the new system. Then reboot the new system. I't worked for my purposes (I wanted to test upgrade to 10.0 with apt [worked fine]) but I noticed some wired / lost data within mysql. You have to modify the network settings on the new system if you don't replace the old. There were other problems I cant remember. This wans't a "clone" but a a "copy". I wouldn't recommend for production use but for testing it's fine. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
